Google Cloud has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Melbourne which is projected to come online in 2021.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has decided not to appeal a Federal Court decision that the proposed merger between TPG Telecom and Vodafone Hutchison Australia would not substantially lessen competition.

A team at the Pennsylvania State University has developed a lithium-ion battery that can last for a million miles in an electric vehicle, is safe and also has high power.

Virgin Money Australia will join up with Deloitte Digital and Swiss global banking software firm Temenos to set up a new digital bank before the year ends.

Coinciding with its first 5G sites around Parramatta, Vodafone has announced it will not charge its customers extra for 5G access.

Redesdale, Victoria is the latest area to get improved coverage and connectivity under the Federal Government's Mobile Black Spot Program.

British security expert Kevin Beaumont has thrown in his lot with the company often described as the Typhoid Mary of the Internet — Microsoft — but says he will not be a big cog in the wheel there, just a security threat analyst.

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